Assistant Meteological Officer at TMA, November 2026
The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) is a government institution responsible for providing weather and climate information and services across Tanzania. TMA monitors and forecasts weather conditions, issues early warnings about severe weather events, and provides reliable meteorological information to support sectors such as agriculture, aviation, marine transport, disaster management, and environmental protection. Its services play an important role in protecting lives and property, supporting economic development, and helping communities prepare for weather-related risks.
Position: Assistant Meteorological Officer (10 Posts)
Duties and Responsibilities
- To assist in the supervision of data collection for analyzing meteorological
- data and charts
- To Code, decode and transmits meteorological and weather messages
- To provide plots observations on charts
- To perform upper air (i.e Operates Radiosondes and Pilot ballon ascent)
- To process autographic data and Computes simple statistics
- To receive, edits and transmits meteorological messages, data and products
- To assist in the supervision of data collection for analyzing meteorological data and chat
- To check the accuracy of gathered data for provision of meteorological services in the various fields such as Agrometeorology, Hydrometeorology, Marine, Environment, Seismology etc
- To collect data for meteorological flight plan and material documentation for aviation
- To communicate and transmit weather information to different users
- To receive and transmit aeronautical information from/to aircraft and ground stations
- To perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
Holder of Diploma in Meteorology from recognized institution.